One of the clearest and most enduring legacies of the Middle Ages is the beautiful buildings left behind. Many of these buildings were devoted to God, using blueprints that no longer exist. But one of the most famous – and famously confusing – sets of architectural instructions was set out in the Bible, itself. This week, Danièle speaks with Karl Kinsella about the great twelfth-century scholar Richard of St. Victor, his efforts to make the vision of Ezekiel clear, and why this set of biblical blueprints is such an important contribution to the history of architecture.

Karl Kinsella is a Lecturer in art history at the University of Aberdeen, where he specializes in architecture and manuscripts. His new book is God’s Own Language: Architectural Drawing in the Twelfth Century.

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